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Friday, April 01, 2011

Squares and Circles

A quick finish this. I started it at an hour workshop at Pins and Needles with Victoria McLeod and just completed it this afternoon. It's going to a Charity Raffle to raise money for Japan by Festival of Japan. Jill has just come back from a visit to Japan and I met her at the show. She says that what Japan needs is money and she hopes to collect small (9"x9") pieces of work. Anything goes and they will be displayed at all the shows they attend. For a modest cost you could be the owner of a piece of work.

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About Me

I am a retired Primary School teacher. After I took early retirement at 50 I retrained with the help of the APTT (Association of Part Time Tutors). This kept my teaching hand in. Unfortunately Adult Ed has been on the slide over the past few years. Fortunately I keep my hand in at The Embroiderers' Guild and at a local craft group I attend -Crafts2Share in North Shields.
I live with my DH My two grown up children both live in or around London.
I love cats and I am a surrogate mum to all our neighbours cats, only one of which is friendly. My two are both rescue cats, one tabby is very friendly, the other a tortoiseshell is very nervous and had a traumatic kitten-hood.
I finished my City & Guild Diploma in 2010 so I now have time to do my own work. I love recycling unwanted items, journaling and adding unusual objects to my textiles.